Brian Giles says the pain in his arthritic right knee is getting worse, and the 39-year-old outfielder informed the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday that he will retire.

Sweden's parliament narrowly approved a resolution Thursday recognizing the 1915 mass killing of Armenians in Turkey as genocide, prompting the Turkish government to recall its ambassador in protest.

Source: Reuters * Kidnapped aid workers' ransom sent to contractor account * UN report details aid diversion, arms embargo breaches * UN's Ban urged to open independent investigation of WFP (Adds UNICEF comment ...

Source: Reuters SANTIAGO, March 11 (Reuters) - Chile's Aconcagua refinery will come back on line this week after being shut for repairs due to damage suffered in a Feb. 27 earthquake, new Mining Minister Laurence ...

An 18-year-old Mississippi lesbian student whose school district canceled her senior prom rather than allow her to escort her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo said she got some unfriendly looks from classmates when she reluctantly returned to campus Thursday.